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Offline hollins

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Re: Gardening
« Reply #300 on: May 23, 2012, 10:16:38 pm »

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Re: Gardening
« Reply #301 on: May 23, 2012, 10:21:16 pm »
Craig, Thanks for your suggestions. Will give everything a try and let you know. $thanx$


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« Reply #302 on: June 12, 2012, 01:07:50 pm »
With the recent wet weather the slugs have been at all my Hostas apart from this one which is just coming into flower.
John at Talgoed Nurseries has got some lovely Dahlias at the moment and we have put some into the ornamental bike that was given to us as a present by our neighbours.  Tom Butler from Holywell made it and was selling them at Colwyn Bay market some time ago.
Marco had to get into the photo too!

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« Reply #303 on: June 17, 2012, 02:40:30 pm »
My favorite flower--amazing it survived last night's storm.
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« Reply #304 on: June 17, 2012, 07:20:38 pm »
it,s a pity the petals drop so quickly, they are beautiful in full bloom

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« Reply #305 on: July 01, 2012, 01:06:02 pm »
Not sure if it is only the red one you like Nemesis but we have this one out at the moment.

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« Reply #306 on: July 01, 2012, 01:17:39 pm »
Those are lovely Hollins-- are they of the Meconopsis strain? Or do they only come in blue? I have tried in vain to grow them-- don't think they like my soil.
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« Reply #307 on: July 01, 2012, 01:27:24 pm »
I'm not absolutely sure but I think the meconopsis refers to the blue one as you said which we have also failed on.
These seem to have sprouted up from nowhere and I think we might be getting some different coloured ones.

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« Reply #308 on: July 01, 2012, 04:05:58 pm »
I planted 140 Geranium plug plants this year but have lost a lot already, mainly the ones in pots in the middle and back borders.  Later on I ordered super plug Geraniums to replace them and the same thing was happening again.
A closer look revealed that the Geraniums had been pulled up and scattered around the grass so I replanted them and now keep a careful eye on them.
I've got 4 suspects:-  the Badgers, birds, Squirrels or Marco but my money is on the Squirrels as I've recently bought a Squirrel proof nut feeder and perhaps this is their way of paying me back!      :)

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« Reply #309 on: July 01, 2012, 05:06:46 pm »
Despite using pellets, which I detest, the slugs and snails have left me with a row of stumps instead of Petunias $angry$
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« Reply #310 on: July 04, 2012, 11:40:06 am »
I have a couple of troughs of 'summer bulbs' which are growing well, but I have suddenly ben inundated with poppy plants in red and deep purple within them in and amongst the freesias. An empty trough which had nothing but soil in it is packed with purple ones. They are lovely, but I cannot fathom where so many have come from.
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« Reply #311 on: July 04, 2012, 11:57:56 am »
That is weird. That is just what has happened to us.
Did you buy the summer bulb pack from the pound shop in Llandudno?
I did that and I wondered if they were lurking in there. They are lovely though so lucky us!

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« Reply #312 on: July 04, 2012, 12:49:11 pm »
Have either of you got bird feeders by any chance?
Is it possible poppy seeds have come from there if you have?
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« Reply #313 on: July 04, 2012, 01:56:39 pm »
Ahhhh-- Yes I have and the troughs were very near it over the winter !! The Sparrows must be Opium addicts at this rate !!
I got my bulbs on an offer from a newspaper, but they could still have come from the same source.
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« Reply #314 on: July 04, 2012, 03:16:04 pm »
Thanks for the suggestion SDQ but I don't think the bird feeder is to blame in our case. Enjoying the poppies nevertheless.